Fine Wine: New World Wines

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  • Henschke; Hill of Grace; 1999; 1 (1 x 1); 750ml
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Henschke
Hill of Grace 1999
1 (1 x 1) 750ml
Over 165 years ago Johann Christian Henschke came from Silesia to settle and farm in the Eden Valley region. By the time third-generation Paul Alfred Henschke took over the reins in 1914, the famous Hill of Grace vines were more than 50 years old. They were planted around the 1860s by an ancestor, Nicolaus Stanitzki, in rich alluvial soil in a shallow fertile valley just north-west of the winery. Hill of Grace is a unique, delineated, historic single vineyard that lies opposite a beautiful old Lutheran church which is named after a picturesque region in Silesia called Gnadenberg, meaning Hill of Grace. Cyril Henschke made the first single-vineyard shiraz wine from this vineyard in 1958 from handpicked grapes vinified in traditional open-top fermenters.

Provenance

Coats Family cellar.

Critics Ratings

'Deep garnet-purple in color, the 1999 Hill of Grace presents fragrant notes of warm blackberries and black cherries with hints of menthol, dried thyme and sage, licorice, dark chocolate and black olives. Full-bodied, rich and powerful, it has firm, chewy tannins, crisp acid and a long finish. It is still very youthful in the mouth with lots of flavor layers. It is drinking well now and should continue to cellar through 2035+.' - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate, 97/100 (Apr 2013)

'Dark blueish crimson. Relatively low-key nose. A little raw. Lots of winemaking work on the texture in evidence here but not that much aromatic distinction. Solid and with the pungency of South Australian Shiraz but pretty embryonic.' - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17.5/20 (Mar 2013)

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